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MODEM POOL BACK TO FULL SIZE
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On September 12 I announced in System News that one of our seven access
servers had failed, reducing our modem pool to 276 lines.  To minimize the
threat of busy signals I reduced the per-session time limit from four
hours to three hours

The replacement access server finally arrived today (September 19) after
several shipping delays.  I assembled, configured, and installed it this
afternoon, brought it on line at about 3:30 PM, and raised the per-session
time limit back to four hours. 

During the configuration and installation process there were several
service interruptions.  My apologies to those of you who got cut off or
heard busy signals or experienced login failures during that period, but
it was unavoidable. 

Thanks to all of you for your patience while we were operating at reduced
capacity!

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